WEBVTT
>> IT'S KIND OF UNSETTLING
ESPECIALLY BECAUSE YOU NEVER
REALLY THINK IT'S GOING TO
HAPPEN TO YOUR CAMPUS UNTIL IT
DOES.
DAN: CATCHING THEIR BREATH AND
SAYING A PRAYER, PEOPLE AROUND
COLUMBUS ARE COMING TO GRIPS
WITH A HORRIFIC DAY.
>> MY HEART WOULDN'T STOP
BEATING UNTIL I KNEW THAT BOTH
OF THE PEOPLE, THAT ANYONE WHO
WAS INVOLVED WITH THIS WAS
EITHER APPREHENDED OR THAT THEY
WERE SAFE.
DAN: TONIGHT, MICHELLE PICHIANO
SAYS HER MATERIAL SCIENCE
PROFESSOR IS STABLE.
PICHIANO SAYS HE WAS ONE OF 11
PEOPLE HURT AS OSU STUDENT ABDUL
ARTAN RAMMED A CAR INTO A CROWD
AND STABBED PEOPLE WITH A
BUTCHER KNIFE THIS MORNING
INVESTIGATORS SAY AN OSU FACULTY
MEMBER, FOUR GRADUATE STUDENTS
AND 3 UNDERGRADUATSTUDENTS
WERE VICTIMS.
>> I FEEL REALLY RELIEVED AND
THAT'S WHY I CAME OUT HERE WITH
MY CLASSMATES BECAUSE I WANTED
TO MAKE SURE EVERYONE WAS SAFE
AND I WANTED TO BE WITH
EVERYONE.
DAN: PEOPLE FROM DIFFERENT
BACKGROUNDS AND FAITHS ARE
SHARING A MESSAGE OF UNITY
TONIGHT.
>> I'M HERE TO SHOW MY SUPPORT
AND MY CONDOLENCES AND HEARTFELT
THOUGHTS ARE WITH THE FAMILIES,
VICTIMS.
WE ARE ONE NATION, WE ARE
BUCKEYE FAMILY.
DAN: THE COMMUNITY IS ALSO
SENDING OUT A PRAYER AND A THANK
YOU FOR THE OFFICER WHO STOPPED
THE ATTACK FROM GETTING WORSE.
>> WE ARE BLESSED HE WAS
THERE AND CAME IN TIME TO STOP
THE EVENT FROMETTING WORSE.
WE OWE A LOT OF GRATITUDE TO
HIM.
DAN: INVESTIGATORS SAY OUT OF
THE ELEVEN PEOPLE INJURED, JUS
ONE WAS CRITICAL
A LOT OF PRAYERS GOINGUT FOR

Students at Ohio State University gathered Monday night in the wake of an attack that injured 11 and left a suspect dead.

Hundreds gathered for a vigil, saying they are thankful the attack wasn’t any worse.

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Eleven people were injured, one critically, and a suspect is dead following an attack at Ohio State University. Officials said Abdul Artan, 18, a Somali-born student at the university, drove his car into a crowd of pedestrians, jumped out and began cutting anyone within range with a butcher knife.

He was shot dead by a campus officer.

"It's kind of unsettling especially because you never really think it's going to happen to your campus until it does," said Nicolette Volcaggio, a senior at the university.

Catching a breath and saying a quiet prayer, many across the Columbus area are coming to grips with what happened Monday morning.

"My heart wouldn't stop beating until I knew that both of the people, that anyone who was involved with this was either apprehended or that they were safe," said Michele Pichiano, a graduate student at the university.

Pichiano said her former professor was one of the injured. Investigators said one faculty member, four graduate students and three undergraduate students were among the injured.

“I feel really relieved and that's why I came out here with my classmates because I wanted to make sure everyone was safe and I wanted to be with everyone," said Pichiano.

On Monday night, people from different backgrounds and faith shared a message of unity.

"I'm here to show my support and my condolences and heartfelt thoughts are with the families and victims. We are one nation, we are Buckeye family," said Ahmed Salaad, a Muslim and Somali community organizer.

Officer Alan Horujko, 28, a campus officer for Ohio State, fatally shot Artan. Many gave thanks to the officer, saying without him, things could have been much worse.

"We are so blessed he was there and came in time to stop the event from getting worse. We owe a lot of gratitude to him," Volcaggioa said.

Classes at Ohio State University will resume Tuesday morning, and investigators are working to establish a motive in a knife-wielding attack that put the campus on lockdown for 90 minutes.